Human history is riddled with stories of competitions where there are a clear winner or winners. I believe competition is necessary because it gives people motivation to continue to get better at school, work, or sports. It is beneficial because, without competition, people would see no point in getting better or trying to succeed. Most importantly, competition in childhood prepares a person for the competition they will face as adults. A child who does learn how to compete with others may have issues dealing with society. Eliminating competition would be bad for society.
The majority of humans tend to be competitive which is very beneficial for society. In her article titled “It's Not Just How We Play That Matters,” Suzanne Sievert states that “If there's nothing to compete for, the drive to do our best is replaced by a "What's the point?" attitude.” (Sievert) The elimination of competition would lead to a stagnation of society. People would not see the benefit of improving themselves either educationally, economically, or socially. Getting rid of competition would eliminate anticipation of certain outcomes because there would be no clear winner. However, learning how to compete at an early age gives a person an edge on others later in life.
While children may not realize it, competing against each other helps them to prepare for their lives as adults. The majority of the games children play ends with someone winning or a team being winners and someone losing. According to Sievert, when her children compete and one child wins, the children “taunt one another, "Ha ha, you lose. I'm the winner!"” (Sievert). Even though it may seem cruel, the taunting helps children to cope with failure. When the child starts school, the competition they experience during childhood games helps them to compete in academics as well as school sports. Later, when teens are applying for their first jobs, they understand that they will be competing with others for work.
Children learn how to compete early in life so that they can cope with winning or failure in their adulthood. As adults, people compete in all aspects of life. To get a higher education, university students must compete since most schools tend to take students who are academically successful. Later, they must compete to get the best position in whichever company they choose to join. Adults even compete in sports. The more successful a team means more fans and an increase of income for the player or teams. Without competition, people would not bother trying to find the best schools, best companies, or pay to watch sports players or teams.
Competition is beneficial because it motivates people to be better than those around them. By seeking ways to improve themselves, people improve their society. The earlier a person starts competing, the better off they will be in coping with success or failure. Competition which features childhood games help children develop coping mechanism which they can use in school, sports, other games, and later in work environments as adults. People who have never learned how to fail face major obstacles in life when they encounter situations where they are not the winners. It is competition that motivated many people who later became an important part of advancing human society. Without competition many aspects of society would not exist as we know it.
Works Cited
Sievert, Suzanne. "It's Not Just How We Play That Matters." Newsweek. N.p., 19 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Feb. 2016. <http://www.newsweek.com/its-not-just-how-we-play-matters-148953>.
OUTLINE: Competitions should lead to winners
Thesis Statement: I believe competition is necessary because it gives people motivation to continue to get better at school, work, or sports. Competition is beneficial because, without competition, people would see no point in getting better or trying to succeed.
The majority of humans tend to be competitive which is very beneficial for society.
In her article titled “It's Not Just How We Play That Matters,” Suzanne Sievert states that “If there's nothing to compete for, the drive to do our best is replaced by a "What's the point?" attitude.” (Sievert)
The elimination of competition would lead to a stagnation of society.
People would not see the benefit of improving themselves either educationally, economically, or socially.
Getting rid of competition would eliminate anticipation of certain outcomes because there would be no clear winner.
While children may not realize it, competing against each other helps them to prepare for their lives as adults.
The majority of the games children play ends with someone winning or a team being winners and someone losing.
According to Sievert, when her children compete and one child wins, the children “taunt one another, "Ha ha, you lose. I'm the winner!"” (Sievert). Statement
Even though it may seem cruel, the taunting helps children to cope with failure.
When the child starts school, the competition they experience during childhood games helps them to compete in academics as well as school sports.
Children learn how to compete early in life so that they can cope with winning or failure in their adulthood.
As adults, people compete in all aspects of life.
Later, they must compete to get the best position in whichever company they choose to join.
Adults even compete in sports. The more successful a team means more fans and an increase of income for the player or teams.
